BlockMoon, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Pennington unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 82701. It lies near Thomson-Kinney Divide. The Survey maps it on the Moon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1899 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Newcastle quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Moon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Moon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,730 acres in total. 48 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | MUD LAKE |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | KINNEY #2 |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | AUCTION |
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KINNEY |
| 3 September 2020 | Natural | 4.8 acres | Black Hills National Forest | BEAR |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | SUMMIT SPRING |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | THOMSON KINNEY |
| 28 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | WHISPERING PINES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moon: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Manganese | Occurrence |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Copper Camp (historical) | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| Florence (historical) | 17.8 miles | 15 | |
| Myersville | 17.9 miles | 16 | |
| Rochford | 19.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tigerville | 19.6 miles | 21 | |
| Redfern | 19.6 miles | 16 | |
| Castleton (historical) | 20.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1266869. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.